Obesity is a worldwide heath issue which involves multitude risk factors. Hence, finding a one stop therapeutic solution still remain impossible. Previous research reported that obesity is a risk factor for asthma development. But now a new research was presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress by Dr. Subhabrata Moitra from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, which claimed that asthma patients are at the huge risk of obesity.
Dr. Subhabrata Moitra said, "Until now there has been very little research on whether the reverse is true -- whether asthma can lead to obesity. In this study, we have enough people and we have followed them for long enough to observe the relationship between these two conditions."
Dr Subhabrata Moitra further added: "By following a large number of study participants over two decades, we have been able to observe how having asthma increases a person's risk of going on to become obese, especially if their asthma begins in adulthood or if they have asthma but no allergies. Our findings suggest the relationship between the two conditions is more complicated than we previously realised. It's important that we do more work to pick this apart.”
Professor Guy Brusselle from Ghent University, who was not involved in the study, said "This research is an important step in helping us untangle the relationship between obesity and asthma but it also raises new questions about why the two are linked and what can be done to help patients."
